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Sunday, 16 June 2013

Poetry Corner #2: Two Brothers

Aaron's away from our fair shores right now, somewhere in France. On his behalf I'm uploading a poem he did, having edited numerous grammatical errors, for his random poetry series that he feels is necessary.

Bon Appetit.

It's an analogy 'bout gaming

At the beginning of time, two brothers owned some land.
They decided to let everyone have access, that is a plan.

They helped cultivate it with care.
And so the field did yield bounty for both brothers to share.

But then as time went by, both brothers started to plot.
"Imagine what I could do, with a little more from this lot".
And so the first brother put a large fence up, over 8 foot high.

"This should stop any extra profit, from slipping me by"

And then the second brother, with money on the brain.
"I'll make it only grow when I check it, that won't be a pain"
Not to be outdone by his sibling, the first brother said with delight.

"I know, we shall keep it out of sight!"
Yes, the second brother agreed.
"Because who'd want the nasty peasants to see"

And so the two brothers, continued in this vein
Making access to the field, tedious and lame.
All the
while, the field started to wither and decay

But no-one thought "there must be a better way"

There was no incentive anymore

Frankly this field has become a chore.

And even if Brother two's toll booth looks more appealing than Brother one's in cost.
Just remember, between the PS4 and Xbox One...You've already lost.

Remember in the days of yoreThe old Nintendo 64The Christmas scrabble to the shopsBecause this console was the tops?Yet now it languishes in dustA clapped out box all gone to rustThe xbox one, the ps4Will one day get left at the storeOr all in pieces on the floorFor no-one wants them any more.

Maybe this is a better question for aaron who's probably read the comics, yet hasn't seen MOS, but I've seen the Donner films and so I assume that is slightly like the comic. I found superman more easy going and joking in those films anyway so I'll compare him to Reeve's superman.

But yeah this superman was pretty humourless. Like he smiled, but alot of the time it seemed like he was just spouting the themes of the movie (which was a problem I thought batman begins also suffered from (same creative team so it figures set up would be similar) but at least batman begins had a better story to hide all that). Whenever he did try and be funny, the one liners were awful, like that piece of shit line "they say it's all downhill after the first kiss", "I think that's only if you're human".

So yeah it's definitely less whimsical and campy, but I think the real reason we're noticing this is because it was a gritty reboot which wasn't very good and so without any actual good drama or character, there was nothing to engage and entertain us in the absence of also it having no sense of humour about itself.

Then again it seems most people are liking this superman based purely on its action scenes (hello Into Darkness). What did you think anyway? Did you find the lack of humour was a problem and what did other people think of the movie as a whole?

I ask from the point of view of ot having parted with money to see it..yet. The comments I have read have been thus:Nolan needs a sense of humourIts averageJust a bloke knocking down skyscrapers with a po faceSuperman is meant to be light and Batman darkFar too long

It is average indeed. But it is impressive and entertaining for bits of it, and it looks incredible, so you can check it out for those reasons. It's just a massive missed opportunity which is really sad.

Never understood when people say superman should be light and batman is dark. I've seen comics where superman is dark and no one complains. People seem to want the movies to be perfect adaptations and not just new interpretations of the character like a comic would do. But this is still a weak origin story.

But yeah Cavell's superman is po faced as hell, but mostly because they haven't really given him any other character details to work with other than just look solemn and smile with those sparkling whites every now and again.

I guess it's just a good, simple character trait to lead people to do great things and so is a one size fits all foundation for current heroes. I'm sure it's just a trend AnD a new character archetype will come around sooner or later